Church of the Holy Mother of God, part of Asen's Fortress, Asenovgrad

An aerial view of the Church of the Holy Mother of God part of the Medieval Asen's Fortress. The church is the best preserved and the most notable feature of the fortress.
It is a two-storey cross-domed single-naved building with a wide narthex and a large rectangular tower, and features mural paintings from the 14th century.
The conservation and partial restoration works on the church were finished in 1991 (the whole fortress was left to decay after the Ottoman conquest in the 14th century and only the church remained standing in its original appearance as it was used by the local Christians) and now it is in regular use as a Bulgarian Orthodox church.
The whole complex is now part of the prominent cultural heritage monuments of Bulgaria.

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An aerial view of the Church of the Holy Mother of God part of the Medieval Asen's Fortress. The church is the best preserved and the most notable feature of the fortress.
It is a two-storey cross-domed single-naved building with a wide narthex and a large rectangular tower, and features mural paintings from the 14th century.
The conservation and partial restoration works on the church were finished in 1991 (the whole fortress was left to decay after the Ottoman conquest in the 14th century and only the church remained standing in its original appearance as it was used by the local Christians) and now it is in regular use as a Bulgarian Orthodox church.
The whole complex is now part of the prominent cultural heritage monuments of Bulgaria.

Creator's Notes

The photo was taken in January 2006 from the highest point of the Asen’s Fortress.
Down in the gorge the tiny winding road along the Chaya River (river cannot be seen from this point) is connecting Asenovgrad with Smolyan.